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Oklahoma State Coordinating Council

Arkansas State Coordinating Council

  • Dr. Tom Kimbrell, Commissioner
  • Mr. Phoebe Bailey, Teacher Center Coordinator
  • Dr. Laura Bednar, Assistant Commissioner for Learning Services
  • Mr. Deborah Coffman, Professional Development Associate Director
  • Dr. Barbara Hunter Cox, Teacher Center Coordinator
  • Ms Barbara Culpepper, Teacher Quality Education Coordinator
  • Ms Dana Davis, Supplemental Educational Services Coordinator
  • Ms Lisa Haley, Arkansas State Improvement Grant Literacy Coordinator
  • Mrs. Becky Jester, Director
  • Mr. Lori Lamb, Director of Alternative Education Programs
  • Ms Bernice Martin-Russell, Title 1 Coordinator
  • Ms Carol Massey, Reading First Director
  • Dr. Bill Nielsen, Program Support Manager
  • Ms Otistene Smith, School Improvement Federal Programs Liaison
  • Dr. Tracy Tucker, Director, Curriculum/Instruction

Kansas State Coordinating Council

  • Dr. Diane DeBacker, Commissioner
  • Mrs. Pamela Coleman, Director of Teacher Education and Licensure
  • Ms Norma Cregan, Title Programs and Services Team Assistant Director
  • Dr. Tom Foster, Career, Standards, and Assessment Services Director
  • Ms Kathy Gosa, Information Technology Director
  • Mrs. Kerry Haag, Special Education Services Assistant Director
  • Ms Robin Harris, Career, Standards, and Assessment Assistant Director
  • Ms Susan Helbert, Teacher Education and Licensure Assistant Director
  • Ms Elena Lincoln, Assistant Director of Special Education Services
  • Mrs. Judi Miller, Title Programs and Services Assistant Director
  • Mr. Brad Neuenswander, Deputy Commissioner
  • Ms Jeannette Nobo, Career, Standards, and Assessment Assistant Director
  • Ms Colleen Riley, Special Education Services Director
  • Mr. Howard Shuler, Title Programs and Services Interim Director
  • Mr. Scott Smith, Career, Standards, and Assessment Assistant Director

Missouri State Coordinating Council

  • Dr. Chris Nicastro, Commissioner
  • Mr. Stephen Barr, Special Education Assistant Commissioner
  • Dr. Karla Eslinger, Office of Teacher Quality Assistant Commissioner
  • Ms Leigh Ann Grant-Engle, Assistant Commissioner
  • Ms Sharon Hoge, Office of College and Career Readiness Assistant Commissioner
  • Mr. Paul Katnik, Office of Teacher Quality Director
  • Dr. Ron Lankford, DESE Division of Financial and Administrative Services - Deputy Commissioner
  • Mrs. Thea Scott, Director of Three-Tiered Model Coordination
  • Dr. Kathy Thornburg, Early Learning Assistant Commissioner
  • Ms Margie Vandeven, Office of Quality Schools Assistant Commissioner

Oklahoma State Coordinating Council

  • Dr. Janet Barresi, State Superintendent
  • Ms Mary (Pearson) Colvin, School Support Title 1 Executive Director
  • Dr. Gloria Bayouth, Math and Science Partnerships Director
  • Ms Malissa Cook, Special Education Services Coordinator
  • Ms Sarah Hall, Oklahoma Technical Assistance Coordinator
  • Mr. Melissa McGavock, Title III / Bilingual Director
  • Mrs. Jennifer Pettit, Oklahoma Technical Assistance Liaison
  • Ms Kerri White, Assistant Superintendent of Student Support


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